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Saratoga Lake, New York

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Saratoga town. It lies in ZIP code area 12866. It stands on Bog Meadow Brook. The Survey maps it on the Quaker Springs quadrangle.

Saratoga Lake within Saratoga County

Then and now

1900 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saratoga Lake, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Saratoga Lake, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

224 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Saratoga Lake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 19 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Debris and open burning28
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism19
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 1997Debris and open burning10 acresSaratoga National Historical ParkGROZNIAK
28 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
28 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
23 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFire Department of New YorkNA
23 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saratoga County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Saratoga Lake: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burgoyne DepositSilicaPast ProducerStratiform
Maple Ave QuarryDolomite, QuartzProducer1925
Normanskill GritsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1885, 1925
Railroad QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer1877, 1925
East Jamaica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansevoort PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gansevoort Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Saratoga County

Storms near this place

20 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saratoga Lake in 20 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2001Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake$45,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree was downed blocking all lanes on the Northway, Interstate 87, southbound between exits 13 and 14 near Saratoga Springs.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A report was received on social media of a tree down on a fence along Liz Ann Drive near Saratoga Springs.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-Wires were downed near Union Avenue and Henning Road near Eddy Corners.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-Wires were reported down on Union Avenue and Henning Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree was downed near the intersection of Stafford Bridge Road and Route 29 near Saratoga Springs.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree and powerlines were reported down on Louden Road between Morris Road and Ingersoll Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree and powerlines were reported down across Ingersoll Road at Lilac Lane.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree was reported down at the corner of Magnolia Drive and Azalea Drive.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree was reported down across County Road 68.
August 2019Tornado (EF1)Saratoga Lake-The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado in a portion of Saratoga Springs. There was an extensive area of damage at a residence near the intersection of Route 29 and Schallen Road where dozens of trees were downed and hardwood trees were both uprooted or snapped. In addition, a tin roof on a large barn was peeled upward on the northeast-facing side of the barn. Both of these factors strongly suggest a rotating wind field, indicative of a tornado. Winds were estimated as high as 105 mph.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-Trees were snapped and uprooted along Route 50.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-Route 29 was closed in both directions at Stafford Bridge Road due to a downed tree.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-Multiple trees were downed, blocking two lanes of Interstate 87.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-Trees were downed between Lake Lonely and Saratoga Lake.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A tree was downed on an unoccupied van.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSaratoga Lake-A pine tree limb was downed and through the roof of a mobile home roof in Wilton due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Flash FloodSaratoga Lake-Fitch Road in Saratoga Lake was washed out and closed due to flash flooding from heavy rainfall. Houses at the intersection of Route 9P and Fitch Road were impacted by the flood waters.
October 2010FloodSaratoga Lake-Bow Meadow stream, which runs under Gilbert Road, over overflowed its banks, resulting in the closure of a portion of Gilbert Road between Union Avenue (Route 9P) and Lake Avenue (Route 29) in Saratoga Springs.
May 2004HailSaratoga Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saratoga County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Regatta View0.5 miles27
Interlaken0.6 miles27
Waters Edge0.7 miles27
East Ridge0.7 miles27
Cedar Bluffs0.9 miles27
Woodlands1.1 miles27
Beacon Hill1.3 miles27
Gilbert Corners1.4 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 964486. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.